Disclosed is a voice coil motor, the motor including a mover having a bobbin equipped with a lens and a coil block secured to an outer circumference of the bobbin; a stator having a magnet that is disposed in such a way as to face the coil block; elastic members coupled to a lower end of the bobbin and connected to both ends of the coil block; a base supporting the elastic members and the stator; and a cover can covering the mover, the stator and the base, with an opening being formed in the cover can to expose the lens therethrough, wherein each of the elastic members includes a terminal portion that extends between the cover can and a side surface of the base, the terminal portion including a short-circuit prevention portion so as to inhibit a short-circuit between the terminal portion and the cover can.

An electromagnetic machine includes a stator, a movable armature and a device for mechanically connecting the movable armature to the stator. The connecting device includes a plurality of leaf springs. The stator includes at least one first electrical coil and at least one first magnetic core forming at least one open loop between first and second terminal ends of said first loop in order to define an air gap between said terminal ends. The plurality of leaf springs extends on a single side of an air gap plane perpendicular to a first loop plane. The plurality of leaf springs is arranged so as to authorise the translation of the movable armature in relation to said stator in a direction that is perpendicular to the loop plane and to prohibit any movement of said movable armature in any direction within said loop plane.

An electromagnetic machine includes a stator, a movable armature and a device for mechanically connecting the movable armature to the stator. The connecting device includes a plurality of leaf springs. The stator includes at least one first electrical coil and at least one first magnetic core forming at least one open loop between first and second terminal ends of said first loop in order to define an air gap between said terminal ends. The plurality of leaf springs extends on a single side of an air gap plane perpendicular to a first loop plane. The plurality of leaf springs is arranged so as to authorise the translation of the movable armature in relation to said stator in a direction that is perpendicular to the loop plane and to prohibit any movement of said movable armature in any direction within said loop plane.

A linear vibration motor includes: a casing having an upper casing whose bottom is open and a lower casing coupled to the upper casing to form an internal space therein; a stator disposed on top of the lower casing in the internal space formed by the casing; an elastic member disposed around the stator in the internal space formed by the casing in such a manner as to allow one surface thereof to be coupled to the lower casing; an oscillator mounted on the other surface of the elastic member and having a ring-shaped magnet disposed around the stator; and a magnetic fluid applied to top of the ring-shaped magnet, wherein the upper casing includes a ring-shaped protrusion formed on the inner surface facing the lower casing, and an inner diameter of the ring-shaped protrusion is greater than an outer diameter of the ring-shaped magnet.

A linear vibration motor includes: a casing having an upper casing whose bottom is open and a lower casing coupled to the upper casing to form an internal space therein; a stator disposed on top of the lower casing in the internal space formed by the casing; an elastic member disposed around the stator in the internal space formed by the casing in such a manner as to allow one surface thereof to be coupled to the lower casing; an oscillator mounted on the other surface of the elastic member and having a ring-shaped magnet disposed around the stator; and a magnetic fluid applied to top of the ring-shaped magnet, wherein the upper casing includes a ring-shaped protrusion formed on the inner surface facing the lower casing, and an inner diameter of the ring-shaped protrusion is greater than an outer diameter of the ring-shaped magnet.

The present invention relates to electric appliances for personal care, in particular electric shavers, comprising a magnetic linear drive unit having first and second drive components supported for linear displacement relative to each other by a spring device and adapted to magnetically interact with each other. Said spring device includes a ring element made in one piece from plastic including at least one pair of leaf springs and a pair of cross-bars extending crosswise to said leaf springs and connecting said leaf springs to each other.

The present invention relates to electric appliances for personal care, in particular electric shavers, comprising a magnetic linear drive unit having first and second drive components supported for linear displacement relative to each other by a spring device and adapted to magnetically interact with each other. Said spring device includes a ring element made in one piece from plastic including at least one pair of leaf springs and a pair of cross-bars extending crosswise to said leaf springs and connecting said leaf springs to each other.

Disclosed is a voice coil motor, the motor including a mover having a bobbin equipped with a lens and a coil block secured to an outer circumference of the bobbin; a stator having a magnet that is disposed in such a way as to face the coil block; elastic members coupled to a lower end of the bobbin and connected to both ends of the coil block; a base supporting the elastic members and the stator; and a cover can covering the mover, the stator and the base, with an opening being formed in the cover can to expose the lens therethrough, wherein each of the elastic members includes a terminal portion that extends between the cover can and a side surface of the base, the terminal portion including a short-circuit prevention portion so as to inhibit a short-circuit between the terminal portion and the cover can.

Disclosed is a voice coil motor, the motor including a mover having a bobbin equipped with a lens and a coil block secured to an outer circumference of the bobbin; a stator having a magnet that is disposed in such a way as to face the coil block; elastic members coupled to a lower end of the bobbin and connected to both ends of the coil block; a base supporting the elastic members and the stator; and a cover can covering the mover, the stator and the base, with an opening being formed in the cover can to expose the lens therethrough, wherein each of the elastic members includes a terminal portion that extends between the cover can and a side surface of the base, the terminal portion including a short-circuit prevention portion so as to inhibit a short-circuit between the terminal portion and the cover can.

The current document is directed to various types of oscillating resonant modules (ORMs), including linear-resonant vibration modules, that can be incorporated in a wide variety of appliances, devices, and systems to provide vibrational forces. The vibrational forces are produced by back-and-forth oscillation of a weight or member along a path, generally a segment of a space curve. A controller controls each of one or more ORMs to produce driving oscillations according to a control curve or control pattern for the ORM that specifies the frequency of the driving oscillations with respect to time. The driving oscillations, in turn, elicit a desired vibration response in the device, appliance, or system in which the one or more ORMs are included. The desired vibration response is achieved by selecting and scaling control patterns in view of known resonance frequencies of the device, appliance, or system.